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Dallas

From Fort Worth's Scat Jazz Lounge speakeasy to Deep Ellum's brass-band halls.

Dallas–Fort Worth jazz: the basement speakeasy Scat Jazz Lounge, the Art Deco Balcony Club, Deep Ellum's New Orleans energy, and the Black-owned rooms Sandaga 813 and Brooklyn Jazz Cafe. Tables across two cities, all swinging.

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Exposition Park
Black-Owned

Sandaga 813

813 Exposition Ave, Dallas, TX 75226
Live jazz weekends

A Black-owned art house near Deep Ellum pairing African art and cocktails with soulful live jazz.

Pip’s Tip Weekends only near Deep Ellum. Black-owned art house, so you are sitting among the collection while the set runs.

The Cedars
Black-Owned

Brooklyn Jazz Cafe

1701 S Lamar St, Dallas, TX 75215
Live music Thu–Sun

A Black-owned Cedars supper club serving Southern plates alongside live jazz, blues and R&B.

Pip’s Tip Thursday through Sunday. Black-owned Cedars supper club, Southern plates with the set, so book a table rather than standing.

Sundance Square

Scat Jazz Lounge

111 W 4th St, Ste 11, Fort Worth, TX 76102
Sets Tue–Sat

DFW's premier dedicated jazz room, an intimate basement speakeasy in downtown Fort Worth since 2008.

Pip’s Tip Tuesday to Saturday, and it is a basement room in downtown Fort Worth, not Dallas proper. Plan the drive.

Lakewood

The Balcony Club

1825 Abrams Rd, Dallas, TX 75214
Live jazz nightly

A cozy Art Deco lounge beside the historic Lakewood Theater with nightly live jazz since the 1980s.

Bishop Arts

Revelers Hall

217 N Bishop Ave, Dallas, TX 75208
Sets nightly

A Bishop Arts brass-and-trad jazz hall from the Revelers Hall Band, New Orleans energy nightly.

Deep Ellum

The Free Man Cajun Cafe & Lounge

2626 Commerce St, Dallas, TX 75226
Live jazz nightly

A New Orleans-style Deep Ellum cafe stacking Cajun plates with nightly live jazz and brass.

Lower Greenville

Terilli's

2815 Greenville Ave, Dallas, TX 75206
Jazz nightly

A Lower Greenville Italian institution serving pasta with 'Jazz on the Half Shell' upstairs since 1984.

Deep Ellum

Twilite Lounge

2640 Elm St, Dallas, TX 75226
Live jazz weekly

A Deep Ellum New Orleans-inspired watering hole with regular trad-jazz and brass-band sets.

Oak Cliff

The Kessler Theater

1230 W Davis St, Dallas, TX 75208
Show nights vary

A restored 1942 Oak Cliff movie house, now an intimate listening room booking jazz and roots artists.

Oak Lawn

Sammons Jazz

3630 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, TX 75219
Monthly jazz series

A historic 1909 pump station hosting Dallas's long-running monthly Sammons Jazz concert series.

The Cedars

Poor David's Pub

1313 S Lamar St, Dallas, TX 75215
Show nights vary

Dallas's veteran Cedars listening room since 1977, booking blues, folk and jazz up close.

Lower Greenville

The Grape Restaurant

2808 Greenville Ave, Dallas, TX 75206
Sunday jazz brunch

A pioneering Lower Greenville wine bistro famous for its long-running Sunday jazz brunch.

Near Southside

Live Oak Music Hall & Lounge

1311 Lipscomb St, Fort Worth, TX 76104
Show nights vary

A Near-Southside Fort Worth music hall booking jazz, soul and singer-songwriters in a listening room.

River East

The Post at River East

2925 Race St, Fort Worth, TX 76111
Weekly jazz nights

An East Fort Worth taproom in a 1930s post office hosting regular live jazz nights.

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Scat Jazz Lounge

DFW's premier dedicated jazz room, an intimate downtown Fort Worth basement speakeasy since 2008.

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